Standing deposit facility rate

Policy rates. Per cent, daily.

Level, daily Level, monthly Level, annual Level, irregular

Values

Latest · 15 Oct 20268.25%no change on 14 Oct 2026

Period	Per cent	Change, pts
15 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
14 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
13 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
12 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
9 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
8 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
7 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
6 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
5 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
2 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
1 Oct 2026	8.25%	0.00
30 Sep 2026	8.25%	0.00

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, For historical rates (26 May 2026)

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About this series

Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
Unit Per cent
Date range 2 Jan 2006 – 15 Oct 2026
Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Checks: 7 recorded for this series, listed below.

Details

Name in the warehouse: Standing deposit facility rate
Read from: CBSL rates and indicators (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page: https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/rates-and-indicators
Notes: CBSL Data Library (wizard export) From 2023-02-14, days the Data Library does not have are taken from the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day (4 so far). On the 2204 days both have, 2197 agree.

Source documents

For historical ratesCBSL · 26 May 2026 · 4 values

Vintages

2 vintages, the latest published 12 Oct 2026.

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Source discrepancies

What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.

For information21 Dec 2018
Checked against another source.

Successor diff: 8 and 9, difference −1.
the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day against the Data Library
Five days are decisions that took effect from the close of business, where the library still shows the old rate (2020-01-16, 2020-04-03, 2020-05-06, 2022-04-08, 2023-03-03). 2018-12-21 is the library swapping SDF and SLF (9.0 and 8.0), and 2024-04-01 is a one-day return to the old rate in the library (9.0 between 8.5 on either side).
For information16 Jan 2020
Checked against another source.

Successor diff: 7 and 8, difference −1.
the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day against the Data Library
Five days are decisions that took effect from the close of business, where the library still shows the old rate (2020-01-16, 2020-04-03, 2020-05-06, 2022-04-08, 2023-03-03). 2018-12-21 is the library swapping SDF and SLF (9.0 and 8.0), and 2024-04-01 is a one-day return to the old rate in the library (9.0 between 8.5 on either side).
For information3 Apr 2020
Checked against another source.

Successor diff: 6 and 6.25, difference −0.25.
the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day against the Data Library
Five days are decisions that took effect from the close of business, where the library still shows the old rate (2020-01-16, 2020-04-03, 2020-05-06, 2022-04-08, 2023-03-03). 2018-12-21 is the library swapping SDF and SLF (9.0 and 8.0), and 2024-04-01 is a one-day return to the old rate in the library (9.0 between 8.5 on either side).
For information6 May 2020
Checked against another source.

Successor diff: 5.5 and 6, difference −0.5.
the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day against the Data Library
Five days are decisions that took effect from the close of business, where the library still shows the old rate (2020-01-16, 2020-04-03, 2020-05-06, 2022-04-08, 2023-03-03). 2018-12-21 is the library swapping SDF and SLF (9.0 and 8.0), and 2024-04-01 is a one-day return to the old rate in the library (9.0 between 8.5 on either side).
For information8 Apr 2022
Checked against another source.

Successor diff: 13.5 and 6.5, difference 7.
the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day against the Data Library
Five days are decisions that took effect from the close of business, where the library still shows the old rate (2020-01-16, 2020-04-03, 2020-05-06, 2022-04-08, 2023-03-03). 2018-12-21 is the library swapping SDF and SLF (9.0 and 8.0), and 2024-04-01 is a one-day return to the old rate in the library (9.0 between 8.5 on either side).
For information3 Mar 2023
Checked against another source.

Successor diff: 15.5 and 14.5, difference 1.
the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day against the Data Library
Five days are decisions that took effect from the close of business, where the library still shows the old rate (2020-01-16, 2020-04-03, 2020-05-06, 2022-04-08, 2023-03-03). 2018-12-21 is the library swapping SDF and SLF (9.0 and 8.0), and 2024-04-01 is a one-day return to the old rate in the library (9.0 between 8.5 on either side).
For information1 Apr 2024
Checked against another source.

Successor diff: 8.5 and 9, difference −0.5.
the policy rate history (LK.RATE.POLICY.SDF.I) on each OMO release day against the Data Library
Five days are decisions that took effect from the close of business, where the library still shows the old rate (2020-01-16, 2020-04-03, 2020-05-06, 2022-04-08, 2023-03-03). 2018-12-21 is the library swapping SDF and SLF (9.0 and 8.0), and 2024-04-01 is a one-day return to the old rate in the library (9.0 between 8.5 on either side).

4 more checks for information.